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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Bloomberg Philanthropies Commits $100 Million to Help Increase Number of Black Doctors in the U.S.

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09/03/2020

... Bloomberg today announced that Bloomberg Philanthropies will support the nation’s four historically Black medical ... are twice as likely to die from COVID-19 than white Americans — have better outcomes when...

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Deutsche Bank, MetLife, Prudential and Posner-Wallace Join Forces for Capital Consortium Fund

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03/17/2015

... Foundation and the Posner-Wallace Foundation, the ECC will provide debt financing to social enterprises in the energy, health and Base of the Pyramid financial services sectors. ...

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NoVo Foundation Looks to Girls As Change Agents

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07/10/2015

... women of color have made important gains in education, health and economic security in recent years. There is cause ...

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Gender Justice

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With Support from Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, Opera Philadelphia Appoints Rene Orth as Composer-in-Residence

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06/17/2016

... its individualized plan of study with a living stipend and health benefits... With Support from Andrew W. Mellon ...

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Rockefeller Foundation Joins Effort to Curb Hotel Food Waste

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03/24/2017

... private individuals as its impact on both environmental health , food security as well as bottom lines — companies ...

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Food Systems

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Ms. Foundation Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color

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06/21/2017

... Noted in Article on Fighting for Women of Color By now it ’s clear the Trump era will be cruel to women. The President and Congress have ... proposed draconian cuts to the nation’s most effective health...

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New Research Supported by Research to Prevent Blindness Finds New Biomarker for Age-Related Macular Degeneration

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01/29/2019

... for incident AMD in older adults with normal macular health and early AMD. According to the Centers for Disease ... is the leading cause of vision loss and blindness for Americans age 65 years and older...

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Bloomberg Announces New City Leadership Series for Global Mayors to Aid COVID-19 Economic and Social Recovery

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05/28/2020

... and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Bloomberg informed cities that the new programing will focus on economic and social recovery and is open to ... world. The Leading Economic and Social...

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After a Gay Rights Victory, a New Challenge for Grantmakers

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07/10/2013

... voting rights, the Court’s ruling on same-sex marriage will long be known as one of the most significant and historic civil rights victories in our lifetime. It also marks a time for philanthropy to reflect on...

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Pinkerton Promotes Jill Bregenzer to Chief Operating Officer

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01/05/2024

... partner in managing the Foundation’s financial, human resources , and administrative affairs,” said Smith. “Her skills alone justify this promotion, but it ’s her good heart and deep commitment to Pinkerton’s...

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Simplifying the Excise Tax on Private Foundations

... pay by removing the current two-tiered tax and replacing it with one flat tax rate. The most recent proposals set this ... the dollar amount of their giving. A flat excise tax will simplify tax planning,...

Century Foundation Fellow in NYTimes OpEd: Strong Unions Equals Strong Democracy

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01/12/2016

... unions. By stripping these unions of key financial resources — their fair share of fees provided by nonmembers ...

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Whiting Foundation Awards 2019 Creative Nonfiction Grants

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10/08/2019

... are essential to our culture, but come into being at great cost to writers in time and resources . The grant is intended to encourage original and ...

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Centro de Economía Creativa and Mellon Foundation Announce "Maniobra" in Puerto Rico

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05/02/2022

... the entirety of the three-year initiative. The funding will not only strengthen organizations’ artistic ... artists, writers, and performers means granting them the resources they need to pursue their callings...

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Ford Foundation Launches Effort To Diversify Art Museum Leadership

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11/29/2017

... by people of color, despite the fact that 38 percent of Americans identify as Asian, Black, Hispanic or multi-racial. ... the Ford Foundation and Walton Family Foundation will support innovative strategies and...

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Whiting Foundation Announces 2019 Literary Magazine Prizes

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07/18/2019

... place. The judges commented: “The Common’s exemplary resources for teachers and its devotion to elevating new writers will help bring into being a new generation of readers and ... magazine’s deep investment...

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29 Jul 2021

Reimagining Systems - Level Changes for Economic Equity - A Webinar Hosted by Asset Funders Network

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1:00pm to 2:00pm

... solutions for economic equity and dignity. Explore What it looks like to invest in solutions that create infrastructure for economic resilience for all How to dismantle what perpetuates inequity The ways in...

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Michael Bloomberg, State of California and Planet Partner to Deliver New Satellite Climate Data Solutions

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09/25/2019

... Satellites for Climate Action, a new initiative that will use satellite data to inform and accelerate climate ... for forests, coral reefs, and other critical natural resources . “Data is one...

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With Support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, MIT To Conduct an Environmental Scan of Open Source Publishing

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06/25/2018

... By conducting this environmental scan, the MIT Press will be providing a comprehensive and critical analysis of OS ... the numerous OS publishing platforms that are currently in use or under development. These...

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